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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
National
Lois Beckett

Will the Queen’s death change Meghan and Harry’s new chapter?

Harry and Meghan walk together holding hands.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made the celebrity enclave of Montecito their home since stepping back from royal duties. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

On Thursday, the website Prince Harry and his wife Meghan created as a platform for their new business ventures in California went dark. The links to Meghan’s new podcast disappeared and so did the references to the couple’s philanthropic efforts and their production deal. Instead, the homepage featured a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

To veil a website in digital mourning was a decision in line with royal protocols, but also with public sentiment, even in the seaside towns of southern California, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have lived since stepping back from their official roles in the Windsor family hierarchy.

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